religion and politics

By DEEPA BHARATH - Associated Press CHENNAI, India (AP) — Despite India’s millennia-old history of nonreligious movements, most atheists and…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Almost weekly Momo Nomura makes time to visit Shinto shrines. She performs the prescribed…

By JOCELYN NOVECK - AP National Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Patrisse Cullors was sitting at a table outside the Crenshaw Dairy Mart, the art collective…

By DEEPA BHARATH - Associated Press United States Catholic bishops have issued guidelines that seek to stop Catholic hospitals from providing gender…

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By MEG KINNARD and STEVE PEOPLES - Associated Press CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Few have navigated the turbulent politics of the Trump era like Nikki…

By LOLITA C. BALDOR and KEVIN FREKING - Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The COVID-19 vaccine mandate for members of the U.S. military would be…

By EDNA TARIGAN, MARIAM FAM and DAVID CRARY - Associated Press YOGYAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — On the outskirts of Yogyakarta, an Indonesian city that’s…

By SARA BURNETT - Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Legislation that ensures same-sex and interracial marriages are recognized as legal unions appears…

By MARY CLARE JALONICK - Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Legislation to protect same-sex and interracial marriages crossed a major Senate hurdle…